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This sounds weird, but it's not, it's basically a cafe that rents videos. I had it pegged as some porno video shop. People sleep over in these, by renting a small room when has a tv, and a vcr or dvd player. Basically an overnight rate, is quite cheap. They have lay back chairs. You're supposedly watching dvds, but you basically use it to sleep over.
But imagine... a fire breaks out. This is what...
This sounds weird, but it’s not, it’s basically a cafe that rents videos. I had it pegged as some porno video shop. People sleep over in these, by renting a small room when has a tv, and a vcr or dvd player. Basically an overnight rate, is quite cheap. They have lay back chairs. You’re supposedly watching dvds, but you basically use it to sleep over. But imagine… a fire breaks out. This is what I’m afraid of in many of these narrow and tall buildings in Japan and have business. How do you get out of them? The elevators are tiny, you can’t find the staircase half the time, and if you do they’re also tiny. Everything is single file. In a room filled with people, you’re doomed. There’s different safety laws in Japan as compared to what you have in places like LA which is quite strict. bbc news link.
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I forgot all about this. Did I ever show it to you? Someone wrote me an email saying thanks. It was Risa Morimoto who did Wings of Defeat... I made a list of docs that I thought were important. It was a fun one to make. It took a lot of thought to think of which films really mattered to me. I'm sure I'm missing something, but these are good ones. Check it out and tell me what I missed. This is...
I forgot all about this. Did I ever show it to you? Someone wrote me an email saying thanks. It was Risa Morimoto who did Wings of Defeat… I made a list of docs that I thought were important. It was a fun one to make. It took a lot of thought to think of which films really mattered to me. I’m sure I’m missing something, but these are good ones. Check it out and tell me what I missed. This is pretty fun to do. Mediarights.org
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NBC NEWS CHANNEL
Published: September 29, 2008
Is the goal of your day to kill as much e-mail as possible?
If so, join the club.
Fortunately there are steps that can help you reign things in.
Eric Nakamura is the owner of the “Giant Robot” Asian pop culture franchise.
His inbox has 60,000 unread e-mails.
Michelle Boehle doesn’t have quite as much, but just mention the word “e-mail,” and the sales rep...